Boeing Health Plan Prescription Drug Overpricing
Chimicles Schwartz Kriner & Donaldson-Smith is investigating a potential class action lawsuit on behalf of employees of Boeing who may have overpaid for prescription drugs covered by their employer-sponsored health insurance plans. Specifically, it is reported that certain Pharmacy Benefit Managers (“PBMs”) such as Express Scripts – who negotiate drug prices for health plans – have been setting inflated prices for medications that are significantly higher than their true market value. This conduct may have resulted in Boeing employees paying substantially more for their essential prescriptions through their Boeing medical insurance than they would have paid if they did not have any employer-sponsored medical insurance.
According to reports, some of the drugs that have a lower price for uninsured customers than the price negotiated by Express Scripts for employees include the following:
Generic Name | Brand Name |
Abacavir | Ziagen |
Abacavir-lamivudine | Epzicom |
Abiraterone acetate | Zytiga |
Atazanavir sulfate | Reyataz |
Azathioprine | Imuran |
Betaine powder | Cystadane |
Bexarotene gel | Targretin |
Capecitabine | Xeloda |
Cyclosporine | Sandimmune, Neoral |
Dalfampridine | Ampyra |
Deferasirox | Exjade, Jadenu |
Dimethyl fumarate DR capsule | Tecfidera |
Droxidopa | Northera |
Efavirenz | Sustiva |
Efavirenz-emtricitabine-tenofovir disoproxil fumurate | Atripla |
Emtricitabine-tenofovir | Truvada |
Enoxaparin sodium | Lovenox |
Etravirine | Intelence |
Everolimus | Afinitor, Zortress |
Fingolimod | Gilenya |
Fondaparinux sodium | Arixtra |
Fosamprenavir | Lexiva |
Glatiramir | Copaxone |
Ibandronate | Boniva |
Imatinib | Gleevec |
Lamivudine | Epivir |
Lamivudine-zidovudine | Combivir |
Mycophenolate mofetil tablet | CellCept |
Mycophenolate sodium tablet | Myfortic |
Nevirapine | Viramune |
Nevirapine XR tablet | Viramune XR |
Octreotide acetate | Sandostatin |
Ribavirin tablet | Copegus, Rebetol |
Ritonavir tablet | Norvir |
Sildenafil citrate | Viagra |
Sirolimus | Rapamune |
Sofosbuvir/velpatasvir | Epclusa |
Tacrolimus | Prograf |
Tadalafil tablet | Cialis |
Temozolomide | Temodar |
Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate | Viread |
Teriflunomide | Aubagio |
Tetrabenazine tablet | Xenazine |
Tiopronin | Thiola |
Tobramycin inhalation solution | Tobi, Bethkis |
Zidovudine | Retrovir |
If you have an employer-sponsored health insurance plan provided by Boeing and believe you may be overpaying for your prescription medications, please fill-out the form provided below.
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Attorneys for this case:
Steven A. Schwartz
Robert J. Kriner
Scott M. Tucker